How common is the surname Chiles?

4,936 people in the United States had the surname Chiles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,550 Americans. It ranked 6,831st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chiles?

Lois Chiles, American actress and model (born 1947), followed by Lawton Chiles.

Where is the surname Chiles most common?

Wikidata records people named Chiles in the United States.

Is the surname Chiles getting more or less common?

More common. 4,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,936 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Chiles

A surname, carried by 4,936 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chiles is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,936 people named Chiles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,550 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,655.

#6,831

rank among US surnames

4,936

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #6,692)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,825	Music	4,940	62,499
#6,828	Thrower	4,938	62,524
#6,829	Ahumada	4,937	62,537
#6,831	Aikens	4,936	62,550

Who is named Chiles

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

60% of people named Chiles identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 60%
Black (not Hispanic) 33%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chiless

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lois Chiles
American actress and model (born 1947)
Lawton Chiles
American politician (1930–1998)
Linden Chiles
American actor (1933-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chiles

Chiles has the Soundex code C420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C420.

Questions

How common is the surname Chiles?: 4,936 people in the United States had the surname Chiles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,550 Americans. It ranked 6,831st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chiles?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Chiles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chiles?: Lois Chiles, American actress and model (born 1947), followed by Lawton Chiles.
Where is the surname Chiles most common?: Wikidata records people named Chiles in the United States.
Is the surname Chiles getting more or less common?: More common. 4,655 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,936 in 2010, up 6.0%.